Using Parallels 8 and WinXP for the guest OS, I get the following error: "The file "\\psf\home\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\Checkbook\Checkbook\bin\Debug\checkbook.mdf" is on a network path that is not supported for database files. An attempt to attach an auto-named database for file \\psf\home\documents\visual studio 2010\Projects\Checkbook\Checkbook\bin\Debug\checkbook.mdf failed. A database with the same name exists, or specified file cannot be opened, or it is located on UNC share." I removed certain ID information from the paths... When setting up the DB, I used a Windows-centric path: "C:\VS2010\checkbook\checkbook.mdb" When it imports the db into the project, it moves that database to the new location (the UNC path to my Documents folder), giving me a stroke in the process. The VM's HDD is dynamic in size so it can increase. is there any way to trick Windows in the VM to see the UNC as a local drive or am I SOL? Thanks!
This totally worked, thank you. As DPCOLE72 stated, you'll need to disable "Share Documents" within the Parallels software under "Configure.." I restarted the VM, and bam, I was able to continue developing in VS 2010. Keep in mind this will remove the previous shared folders within the Windows environment and make them inaccessible.
